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Ha! Ha! Ha! Here, let us enjoy this fun exchange between a freelance journalist and a representative of the Atlantic, wherein Global Editor Olga Khazan asks a freelance journalist if he would mind, you know, giving her a thousand words? To post on the Atlantic’s website? Which — in case you don’t know — reaches about 13 million readers per month? Oh, and could he by any chance do it for free? Well, not for FREE per se, he will be paid in Exposure, which is almost as good as being paid in actual money. You see, even though the Atlantic reaches 13 million readers per month, they cannot possibly afford to pay him money for his work, that would be SILLY.
Read more on Here, Let the Atlantic Explain At You About Why They Do Not Pay People For Their Work…

Some organizations choose to support research about infectious diseases. Others fight to end poverty and stop violence. But then there’s Häagen-Dazs, the little ice cream company that could, fighting the most important and meaningful fight of all. They are fighting to save the honey bees, and you can help save the bees, by eating free ice cream tonight at Häagen-Dazs from 4PM- 8PM. Read more on Save The Bees: Eat Free Ice Cream…

Krispy Kreme wants to help you celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration by giving you a donut! Obviously this is a metaphor for abortion. Read their shocking press release after the jump. Read more on Free Abortion Donuts On Demand!…

Fiona Apple at Wolf Trap. $25-45 at 8PM. [Wolf Trap]
The Temptations with 10 piece horn section. Sunday’s show sold out, this show added. $60 at 8PM. The Historic Avalon Theatre in Easton MD. [Avalon Theater]
Read more on To Do: “A movie guaranteed to put hair on your chest!”…

In a world of constant spin, it’s refreshing to come across someone who doesn’t even try. The Washington Post reports:
Two organizations that have provided free trips to hundreds of federal judges received large contributions from tobacco, oil and other corporate interests, according to documents released yesterday.
The Montana-based Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) and George Mason University’s Law & Economics Center previously said corporate money does not pay for the judges’ seminars or declined to disclose their donors.
But documents released by the Community Rights Counsel, a nonprofit Washington law firm, show that corporations including Exxon Mobil, Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco have contributed tens of thousands of dollars toward these programs.
How did FREE respond to this news? In surprisingly frank, unintentionally amusing fashion. Check it out, after the jump.
Read more on Still More from the Admirable Candor Department…